FYI Sherri
From: Jennifer Staple-Clark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 7:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Invitation to Innovator's Forum and Opportunity to Present Dear Sherrilynne Fuller, We warmly invite you to participate in the upcoming Innovator's Forum on Friday, March 14, 2014, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. Presented by Unite For Sight, the Innovator's Forum will draw health, education, development, and social entrepreneurship professionals and students for a focused, highly interactive, and collaborative conference on best and emerging practices for effective programs. We would also appreciate it if you could please forward this message to your colleagues who may be interested in attending. Those who register for the Innovator's Forum by January 20th may thereafter apply for a unique opportunity to present at the event. Complete details can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/forum/present A reduced early bird registration rate is offered through January 20th. Register online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/forum The confirmed Innovator's Forum speakers are: * Keynote Addresses * Gene Falk, Co-Founder and CEO Emeritus, mothers2mothers * Victoria Hale, Founder and CEO, Medicines360 * Ana Rowena McCullough, Co-Founder and CEO, QuestBridge * Perspectives on Innovating * "Building a Health Delivery Model for 1 Billion Rural People, Starting with One Remote Village in Liberia," Jason Bae, Director, Last Mile Health * Vanessa Kerry, Chief Executive Officer, Seed Global Health * Speaker TBA * Key Lessons From Building Innovative, Successful Programs * "Social and Mobile Innovations for Global Health Programs," Bobby Jefferson, Director, Center for Development Informatics, Futures Group * Leila Makarechi, COO, Microclinic International * "Social Change is a Process, Not a Formula: Practical Lessons from Twenty Years of Success and Failure," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co. * Conversations with Early-Stage Innovators, Growing Organizations, and Established Organizations * Innovator's Forum registrants may apply to present, and six applicants will be selected. Each will give a 5-minute presentation to the Innovator's Forum audience about their organization, current and expected impact, current challenges, and questions for the expert speakers. The presenters will then engage in a conversation with the keynote speakers on the Shubert Theater stage and in front of the conference audience. The expert speakers will answer questions and offer guidance and advice. The entire audience will then have an opportunity to ask questions of the presenters and the expert speakers. In addition to offering a unique opportunity for the six selected presenters, the Innovator's Forum audience will gain extensive insight from the expert speakers about navigating the challenges and complexities of real issues being experienced by the innovators in the audience. Complete details and the Innovator's Forum schedule can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/forum This email was sent to [email protected] by Jennifer Staple-Clark. Unsubscribe from Unite For Sight Conference Announcements.
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